Hull History Centre @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social · 08/10/2026#OTD in 1929 William Jackson & Son Ltd., opened up their new store on Paragon Street. In 1936 they added a 250 person capacity ballroom and in 1950 a refurbishment and new ballroom were added. Image: HDM @hulllibraries.bsky.social #Hull 010
Hull History Centre @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social · 01/10/2026A different take on this #WorldCoffeeDay highlights a beloved favourite of many, the Coffee Shop. A lug sail fishing vessel built in Sheringham, Norfolk but registered at Spurn Head in 1902. Sadly, the ship was broken up shortly afterwards in 1903. #Hull #Fishing #Spurnhead 000
Hull History Centre @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social · 30/09/2026We have recently completed the monumental task of cataloguing records of Compulsory Purchase by the Health Department. Comprising over 70 boxes, and 1,700 negatives. This collection will shortly be added to the public catalogue. #Hull @hulllibraries.bsky.social 021
Hull History Centre @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social · 21/09/2026It was good to see you all at the @HullMinster Local History Book Fair on Saturday. We had a great time and enjoyed the wonderful music of the #Choir. Don't forget to come along next year! #LocalHistory 010
Hull History Centre @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The newly restored National Picture Theatre reopens today as an education and community events space. Here it is a few days after the auditorium was destroyed by bombing 18 March 1941. @hullcitycouncil.bsky.social @hulllibraries.bsky.social 031
Hull History Centre @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social · 10/09/2026#OTD in 1541 Henry VIII visited #Hull. Prompted by uprisings in the town the fortifications were surveyed, and afterwards construction of the eastern defences on banks of the River Hull were begun. (Image: Cott MS I, Supp 4, @britishlibrary.bsky.social ) @hulllibraries.bsky.social 010
Hull History Centre @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Join us on Tuesday 8th Septmeber, for a special lunchtime talk from Phil Mathison, 12:30-13:30. Learn about the lost port of Ravenser Odd and the evolution of the Spurn Peninsula. #Hull #RiverHumber #RavenserOdd @hulllibraries.bsky.social 021
Hull History Centre @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Come along and enjoy a visit with us this Saturday, 5th, 10-12 for History Makers: Castles. Build and reconstruct your favourite forts in Lego and get crafty with knight masks and colouring. A free event and fun for all the family! #Hull #Crafts @hulllibraries.bsky.social 022
Hull History Centre @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social · 24/08/2026#OTD 120 years ago Wilberforce House Museum opened to the public. After being used as a merchants office for many years the building was bought by the Corporation in 1903 and underwent extensive restorations before re-opening. #Hull #WilliamWilberforce @hulllibraries.bsky.social 020
Reposted by Hull History CentreCuriosity @curiosityhull.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Who Was Winifred Holtby? Poet and Lord of the High Seas Dean Wilson outlines the life of a remarkable writer who referenced Hull throughout her work. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/yrb75v56 @hulllibraries.bsky.social @deanwilson.bsky.social 065
Hull History Centre @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social · 19/08/2026As a part of the Heritage Open Days in September, Neil Chadwick, Archivist/Librarian here at the Hull History Centre will be giving a free walking tour of Bransholme Castle. For more information visit: tinyurl.com/47tbpdtt @hulllibraries.bsky.social 024
Hull History Centre @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Today is the 170th anniversary of the birth in #Hull of Fred Maddison (1856-1937), President Hull Trades Council, Liberal MP Sheffield then Burnley, old-school Victorian radical, strong critic of socialism and the growth of the Labour Party. @hulllibraries.bsky.social 020
Hull History Centre @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social · 12/08/2026A great turnout yesterday for our Lunchtime Talk by Victoria Dawson. Looking at the #Hull Laundresses' Strike in 1920. An excellent account of unsung women activists fighting to improve their pay. @hulllibraries.bsky.social #WomensHistory 052
Hull History Centre @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Join us on 25 August for 'Words of Wisdom: Proverbs, sayings and commonplaces, from Shakespeare to the present', a free talk and workshop led by Dr Mel Evans and Dr Richard Meek. Find out more on our website. Don't miss out, book your place now! #Hull @hulllibraries.bsky.social 011
Hull History Centre @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Drypool Bridge has reopened so many times in the last couple of years, we're running out of historical photos to mark it with! It reopened again a few days ago and I don't think we've used this 1958 view yet! @hulllibraries.bsky.social #Hull #RiverHull 011
Hull History Centre @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social · 23/07/2026#OTD in 1937, #Hull’s new Trolleybus service was inaugurated at the Cottingham Road Depot, including a trip to the new “shining, smooth-running monsters”. A fleet of 20 was acquired with the first public service two days later. @hulllibraries.bsky.social #HistoryofTrasnport 010
Hull History Centre @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social · 23/07/2026The Gansey | Saturday 1 August, 11am-12.30pm | FREE **UPDATE** This talk will also be available to attend online via the following link: meet.google.com/cgh-vxmn-ywj 000
Hull History Centre @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social · 22/07/2026#OTD in 1869, Albert Dock was opened. A procession aboard the paddle steamer HMS Vivid took place around the dock, a firework display from the training ship Southampton and Lime-Light exhibition atop the Minster also occurred. Image: ILN #HumberPorts #Hull #AlbertDock #RoyalNavy 032
Hull History Centre @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social · 20/07/2026We're delighted our friend Victoria Dawson is speaking at the History Centre next month on The Hull Laundresses' Strike in 1920. @hulllibraries.bsky.social @hullcitycouncil.bsky.social #TheHullStory #Strike 061
Hull History Centre @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social · 07/07/2026It's #WorldChocolateDay so here's a worker at #Hull confectioners Needler's Ltd in 1971. Is she icing or putting a pattern on the chocolates by hand, or is she doing quality control? @hulllibraries.bsky.social #Needlers #HistoryofChocolate 011
Hull History Centre @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social · 07/07/2026The Gansey | Saturday 1 August, 11am-12.30pm | FREE Join us for a fascinating talk by artist and knitter Sue Taylor on the fisherman’s jumper. Once worn by fishermen on the north-east coast, ganseys featured decorative patterns which identified the wearer’s home port. @hulllibraries.bsky.social 1136
Hull History Centre @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social · 03/07/2026We had an unexpected guest at the History Centre yesterday. A Gloster Canary, obviously keen to do some family history popped by to say hello. He was well looked after by the staff and was later re-united with it's owner. #Hull #glostercanary 052
Hull History Centre @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social · 24/06/2026#OTD in 1943, Hull’s Municipal Museum was destroyed by a bombing raid that started around 2:30am. Firemen arrived but with no water supply from the pipes collections of valuable exhibits were lost. Only stone pillars and walls left standing. #Hull #HulBlitz 052
Hull History Centre @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Drypool Bridge is currently closed for major repair and strengthening. Here it is on opening in 1961. It replaced an earlier bridge opened in 1888. @hullcitycouncil.bsky.social @hulllibraries.bsky.social #Hull 010
Hull History Centre @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Join us tomorrow for our free talk by the City Archivist, Industrial River: The photographs of William Jackson. Explore Hull's maritime scenes from the 1930s-40s and share your memories too! Hull History Centre, 12:30pm @hulllibraries.bsky.social @hullcitycouncil.bsky.social 001
Hull History Centre @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Join City Archivist Martin Taylor on 9 June for a special presentation on colour-blind amateur photographer William Jackson. View photos not featured in our main exhibition and share your own memories of Hull’s maritime history! #Hull @hulllibraries.bsky.social @hullcitycouncil.bsky.social 010
Hull History Centre @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social · 03/06/2026We're delighted that our summer exhibition 'Industrial River: The photographs of William Jackson' opens today. Come and let us know what you think. @hullcitycouncil.bsky.social @hulllibraries.bsky.social @hullwhatson.bsky.social On 011
Hull History Centre @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Fancy yourself a historian? ‘Tales from Down the Drain’, is looking for volunteers to help conduct historic research and uncover this hidden history. To get involved, sign up for an information session online on 13 July, or in-person at the history centre on 9 July. Register at tinyurl.com/476cevyp 010
Hull History Centre @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social · 01/06/2026#OTD 50 years ago an agreement between the UK and Iceland ended the Third and last Cod War. Pictured (thanks to Bullnose Heritage Group) is #Hull trawler CS Forester shelled and impounded by Iceland in 1974. @hulllibraries.bsky.social #CodWars 010
Hull History Centre @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social · 19/05/2026#OTD in 1967 romantic novelist Barbara Cartland wrote to Tony Smythe, general secretary of The National Council for Civil Liberties, about her activism on behalf of the Gypsy community in Herts. and the creation of ‘Barbaraville’. #GypsyRomaTravellerHistoryMonth 030
Hull History Centre @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Don’t miss our exciting new exhibition, Industrial River: The photographs of William Jackson. A talented, award winning photographer who captured the dramatic scenes of Hull’s waterways in the 1930s-40s. (From 2 Jun) #Hull #openbridgeshull @hulllibraries.bsky.social #RoyalPhotographicSociety 012
Hull History Centre @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social · 18/05/2026"Happy 70th Birthday to playwright and theatre legend John Godber! Hull History Centre is home to his archives, including material relating to his plays such as 'Bouncers' and 'Up n Under' @hulllibraries.bsky.social @uniofhull.bsky.social 010
Hull History Centre @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social · 11/05/2026In our latest blog, we uncover the story of the University Staff Cricket Club and its surviving archive collection: hullhistorycentre.blogspot.com/2026/05/staf... #Hull #UniversityCricket @universityofhull.bsky.social 030
Hull History Centre @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Today we celebrate #WorldRedCrossDay. Ada Hartley, headmistress at Hessle, was awarded a certificate by The Red Cross and Order of St John of Jerusalem in recognition of her War Service with St John’s Ambulance, Hull. #Hull #Hessle #BritishRedCross #StJohnAmbulance 010
Hull History Centre @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Come and join us for a new craft session on 27 May. You can learn how to make bookmarks and refillable notebooks from old maps and books. All ages welcome. Explore your creative side and find out more here: tinyurl.com/3mtm98bw #crafts @hulllibraries.bsky.social 042
Hull History Centre @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Our 'Remembering Humberside' exhibition opens today, looking at the attempts to create a Humberside identity, its achievements and how it was viewed by its inhabitants. @hulllibraries.bsky.social #Humberside 031
Hull History Centre @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social · 28/04/2026#OTD 250 years ago, Thomas Earle of #Hull died. His first major work ‘Oceanus’ for Trinity House (1831) and his last, ‘Alexander before mounting Bucephalus’ (1876), housed in the old museum, adorned public spaces across Britain. #arthistory #sculpture @royalacademy.bsky.social 050
Hull History Centre @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social · 23/04/2026In our latest blog we take a look at the research collection of T.W. Bamford, an academic whose work defines our understand of the University's early history: tinyurl.com/pwhcxsj4 #Hull @ucl.ac.uk 011
Hull History Centre @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Yesterday in 1803 George Wallis #Hull gunmaker and antiquarian died, age 71. He set up the towns first museum in the 1780s at 20 Mytongate, where he charged 1 shilling for entry. Housing all manner of arms and armour, his collection was sold in lots in 1834. #Gunsmiths @hulllibraries.bsky.social 011
Hull History Centre @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Yesterday we had the pleasure to exhibit at the History and Archives in Practice conference at the University of Sheffield - with thanks to @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy for inviting us! 020
Reposted by Hull History CentreCuriosity @curiosityhull.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Do Hull Folk Not Use The Kingston Name Because Of A Royal Dispute? Amy Thompson, our Urban Mythbuster, heads down @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social to discover if we say Hull and not Kingston Upon Hull because of a row with the king. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/2w8ccphe @hulllibraries.bsky.social 064
Hull History Centre @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Yesterday in 1861 the US Civil War began. William Shelton, alias Stapleton, joined the 11 Massachusetts Infantry (Union) in the last year of the war. He died in #Hull almost 60 years later in 1922 and lived on Clough Road. His military grave was erected in 1930. @ACWMuseum @Boston_Archives 020
Hull History Centre @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social · 08/04/2026In our latest blog we highlight one of our newly catalogued collections, showcasing the stories of East Riding veterans who served in the Italian Campaign during WWII: hullhistorycentre.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-... 020
Hull History Centre @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social · 07/04/2026It was a privilege and a pleasure to welcome Guljar Singh Gola and his family yesterday to celebrate the life of his late father Sewa Singh Gola, a founding father of #Hull's Sikh community. Thank you! @hullcitycouncil.bsky.social @hulllibraries.bsky.social 020
Hull History Centre @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social · 01/04/2026We’ve got Easter craft tables set up in our Arcade, Thursday 2 April, if you fancy making an Easter bonnet/crown like this one. Free, all welcome. Children must be accompanied by an appropriate adult. #Hull #Easter 010
Hull History Centre @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social · 25/03/2026To celebrate #WorldBookNight join us on 23 April for a special evening event. Learn about the significance and stories around some of our unique and lesser requested items. Book here: tinyurl.com/b4rwaw56 @WorldBookNight @hulllibraries.bsky.social 032
Hull History Centre @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social · 21/03/2026To celebrate @WorldPoetryDay we look at Rev. Thomas Browne. Educated at Hull Grammar, later editor of the Advertiser, he wrote many poems in the Yorkshire dialect. His posthumous work, Poems on Several Occasions was published in 1800. @YDialect #poetry #Hull 030
Hull History Centre @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social · 18/03/2026We're delighted to announce that Hull University Archives has been awarded an Archives Revealed grant to catalogue the archive of @HullTruck which will make accessible one of #Hull's most important cultural archives. @hullcitycouncil.bsky.social @hulllibraries.bsky.social @HullStory 071
Hull History Centre @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social · 11/03/2026On 4 April to mark Vaisakhi (Sikh New Year), we welcome Guljar Singh Gola for a special event honouring the life of his late father, Sewa Singh Gola (1938-2024). For more details please see the event listing on our website: tinyurl.com/4scbk9c5 @hulllibraries.bsky.social @SikhAllianceYorkshire 011
Hull History Centre @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social · 06/03/2026We're delighted to be hosting an exhibition by Wilderspin National School - a unique story of the ambition and endurance of infant education pioneer Samuel Wilderspin; A ‘Journey’ which ended at Barton on Humber and Hull in 1840s. Until 26 March. @hulllibraries.bsky.social 011
